here it's okay now you have to get involved in this really complicated issue called the fiscal cliff or the austerity movement. >> brown: a little harder than-to-explain than just street yes or no. >> and when you get into the back-and-forth of negotiating with congress and there will be different proposals, how many americans would have their tax cuts extended, who's considered wealthy, $250,000 or above, it's a harder sell to make and can you maintain the passion people have around the dramatic narrative of a presidential election versus the inevitable slog of negotiating with members of congress. >> and everybody's really tired of it. as i was saying, we have been the tweets where we were talking about my2k tweets somebody actually said "got to stock up on bottled water, flashlight batteries and ramen noodles. people are just playing with twitter and they're tired of the substance. >> brown: i think it was just this week, howie, the obama campaign manager -- former now, jim messina, he was talking about this very issue, about keeping supporters, those millions that they got, engag